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New and different eco-friendly garden sculpture

Exquisite Handmade UK Wooden Garden Sculptures. Made to your design!  Bespoke, Exclusive, and One-of-a-Kind.

Heavily made and robust, suitable for permanent outside installations.

Eco friendly and sustainable wooden garden sculptures for private collectors and public installations.

by Robert



Wooden Garden Sculptures of real meaning and purpose, for serious gardeners and serious thinkers.



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Second to none design service, no fee, no obligation. Simply fill in the form using the button below.



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Once I've finished making your garden sculpture, you'll get the chance to see it through video and decide whether it meets your expectations or not. You decide whether to buy it or not - simple as that - every time

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Everything is made from 100% legal and sustainable 'Grown in Britain' wood.

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There is a short video at the bottom of the page where Robert talks you through it.

Looking for a unique and exclusive gift for Christmas, birthdays, or anniversaries? Consider the extraordinary experience of commissioning a bespoke garden sculpture! With flexible budget options, gift the entire sculpture journey. Kickstarting with a personalised initial design consultation video, your recipient embarks on a collaborative design journey with me. Engaging fully in the creative process, they'll witness weekly progress updates through tailored videos, witnessing their envisioned sculpture take form step by step. Explore my bespoke sculpture services for custom garden sculptures in the UK, offering personalised outdoor artwork starting from £500.

large carved wooden animals for garden - a speciality.

This is not a definitive list (above), I'll make almost any garden sculpture you may like. You can have unusual garden sculpture, absolute realism or ultra contemporary sculpture.

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Lovely wooden sculptures for the garden, across the UK.

Eco Art and Design, it's all about natural ethical and sustainable, locally grown wood. Low carbon processes and handmade traditional or contemporary sculpture, designed and made by hand & eye alone. But, suitable for permanent outside installation.



All handmade UK Sculptures.

Video design consultations and regular video progress updates, are included in the price.

These are Robert's real clients and they're real people reviews:

One of the highest accolades for an artist/sculptor, is to have your work accepted into the Public Collection.

The Public Collection.


In May 2021, Robert's sculpture 'COVID CLOUDS' was taken into the Public Collection by Aberdeen City Council 'to be conserved for future generations'. It is now the property of Aberdeen's Public Art Gallery.


If you'd like to read more, the button below will take you to Aberdeen's Public Art Gallery's pages relating to Robert. Please note Robert moved from Johnshaven to Girvan in 2022.


Covid Clouds in Aberdeen's Public Gallery

Robert makes garden wooden sculptures and wooden carvings for garden.

Eco-friendly and British, wooden garden sculpture.

A wooden garden sculpture of a peacock by Ingrained Culture

Almost any subject is possible, individually designed and handmade Eco-friendly garden sculpture.

Contemporary realism in garden sculpture.

Realism in garden sculpture does (mostly) appeal to most people most of the time.  Contemporary garden sculpture  made to you design, or we can design it together.

So what do they cost? Well, everyone is different and unique and so there isn't just one price. Most people spend somewhere between £850 and £1250 - but a life size and life like human starts at £7,000.

A statement piece of Garden sculpture.

High impact statement piece of wooden garden sculpture by Ingrained Culture.

Large scale statement piece garden sculptures.  Really let your imagination go wild.  British high impact garden sculpture and design.

Contemporary individual garden sculpture.

Covid Clouds sculpture by Robert Lawrence of Ingrained Culture

Or, if you want to be right up to date, modern and contemporary, let's design together, a bespoke individual sculpture of a kind no one else has.

Contemporary wooden figurative sculpture.

This life size figurative sculpture was made from a single photograph. You may like to consider an Eco-friendly wooden figurative sculpture from your own  family or simply your imagination. 


Design your own garden sculpture.

A Eco-friendly kiwi bird garden sculpture by Ingrained Culture.

This life size sculpture of a Kiwi Bird standing on a fern leaf, was entirely the idea of my client. The design  was achieved through  a consultative video design process where I advised on the practicalities, but essentially the whole concept and pose etc belongs to my client. 

Have you thought about sculptural decoration of your garden buildings?

Contemporary architectural sculpture by Ingrained Culture

A small sculpture can make a big impact.

A small figurative sculpture on a garden building by Ingrained Culture
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  • How do I choose a garden sculpture?

    Firstly, decide what's important to you, family animals, nature, flora etc. You can buy something already made, but in doing so, you end up with what someone else thought was good taste. Why not be involved with designing your own and have it made for you. Click here to find out more. 

  • Can I have a garden sculpture made to my design?

    Oh yes you can.  As an artificer, Robert of Ingrained Culture, will happily make sculpture to your design.

  • I want an Ecofriendly garden sculpture.

    Robert of Ingrained Culture makes all manner of garden sculpture exclusively from 100% legal and sustainable British grown wood. It's all about climate crisis mitigation.

  • What is Garden Sculpture?

    Well, it can be almost anything. Even some plants are sculptural. What makes you stop, look and think, what  visually makes you linger for more than a few seconds? That would be a good place to start when thinking about what you would like as a garden sculpture.  

  • I sort of know what I want, but I can't draw.

    No problem, just describe your sculpture design in words, and Robert of Ingrained Culture, will draw it, over and over again if necassary, until we get it right between us.

  • Can I have a unique, personalised garden sculpture?

    Every garden sculpture Robert of Ingrained Culture has made so far has been an exclusive one off.

  • Do you cover the whole UK?

    Ingrained Culture uses a speacialist fine arts courier who will deliver anywhere in the UK.

  • How much does garden sculpture cost?

    Most private clients of Ingrained Culture, spend between £850 and £1,000 for small-ish nature based garden sculpture. Life size and life like wooden people cost from £7,000 per adult figure.

  • Can I get a free quotation?

    Certainly, fill in the form on this page and Robert will tell you how much it is to have your garden sculpture made. Free estimates and quotations.

  • I would like to know how you make my garden sculpture.

    Good! You will receieve from me regular video updates as your sculpture progresses, and give some demonstrations along the way. You'll always know at what stage the piece has reached as the making process continues.

Beautiful wooden sculpture for garden settings.


  • This is all about proper, right up to date environmentally responsible garden sculpture
  • Climate Crisis mitigation, here now & today.
  • Contemporary garden sculptures, or traditional fashions and styles.
  • Unusual garden ornaments made in the UK exclusively from British grown wood.
  • Low carbon, practical, all weather, Eco alternative to high carbon materials
  • Everything I make, is made from 100% legal and sustainable British grown, local wood.
  • As an artificer, I make what you want, not what I think you should have.
  • I can make your design, or we can design it together.

So, what wooden garden sculpture are you looking for?

Contemporary British Garden Sculpture.



An all weather coating making them suitable for permanent outside installation.

wooden garden sculpture made in the UK
Gardens all over the world have been ornamented by art & sculpture, probably for as long as there have been gardens. I guess, when we first think of garden sculpture, we either bring to mind the classical figures of ancient Greece or the ubiquitous garden gnome. The gnome has a place, and if you would like a wooden one, I'll make it for you, but I like to make individual one off pieces that have meaning and fit their locations and surrounding environment, but it goes much deeper than that. If you're looking for a sculpture to draw on the emotions, in my experience, a human figure can do that best. Wooden figures, have an air of real life about them, bronze figures may be perfect from all aspects, but they are almost always completely inert. 

.......we're looking for a new and better world, aren't we?

You may be a garden owner or garden designer, either way you'll have a passion for design and commissioning a sculpture for the garden, isn't easy, there's a lot riding on it. Perhaps, you would like a sculpture to be really NOW. As an artificer, I positively encourage your design ideas. I can make your design or we can design it together.

Points to consider:
  • The whole garden, what is its aim? 
  • Do you have a theme in mind i.e. abstract, animal, insect, human figure life like or fictitious?
  • Have you decided where the sculpture is to be installed - can I have a few photos?
  • Do you want your piece to be about drama, soothing, nature, love, erotic, exotic, shocking?
  • Do you want it to passively convey a message i.e. emotions, pain, love, loss, gain wealth, success?
  • Is it to be high brow, folklore, classical, modernist or a memorial?
  • How large or small, almost anything is possible and small can be as effective as large.
So what's different, what's NOW about my work?

It's largely about climate change responsibility, my sculpture is made from British grown 100% legal and sustainable wood. It's not just any wood, it consists of carefully chosen species, careful use of specialist techniques, heavily built and robust. For pieces that will be installed in the open and unprotected from all weathers, I coat the whole piece in a marine grade coating for extended longevity. The end result is a natural appearance and an air of real life, something only obtainable by using wood.

Why do I not make Bronze sculpture?

The short answer is that Bronze was right for the Victorian period of industrialisation and Gothic splendour, concrete and steel were right for the modernist period of brutal architecture and science fiction, but today, the use of these (and other high carbon materials) are simply all out of date and some may even say irresponsible. It is fair to say the use of bronze, steel, iron or concrete, will last longer than wood and require no maintenance, so it comes down to what your priorities are.
Would you like to make an enquiry?
The system is relaxed and easy. Simply complete the form bellow with a brief description of what you have in mind. I'll talk you through the process. You will NOT have an obligation until you have placed an order. Before the ordering stage, you will have received from me a written fixed quotation, so there will be clarity from the start. When the piece is finished and before it leaves my workshop, you will have the chance to either come and see it or view a video I'll send you, to decide whether it meets your expectations and whether to buy it or not - simple as that. 

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The Galloway & Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere has been recognised internationally as a

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Galloway & Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere covers more than 9,700km² of terrestrial and

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